Meeting of the Rotary Club of Eureka
Guests of Rotarians
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| Shirley Folkins-Roberts belongs to Rotary in Reno |
Rotaract Club guests were Carly Robbins, Klark Swan and Jessica Ponsano. They announced Rotaract will host a fund raiser to benefit Crescent City’s Harbor Relief on Saturday May 14th at 5-7pm at the Wine Sport (F and 3rd in Old Town Eureka). Tickets are available for $50. For more information e-mail lostCoastRotaract@Gmail.com or call 497 6236.
Student Guests
Gabriel Umidon was actually present in the flesh, having traveled widely to see friends and even returning to school on occasion. He spent his spring break in the Bahamas, garnering envious groans from our club. Gabe failed to mention that he is also running Track for Eureka, thus becoming the first exchange student ever to letter in two sports. In addition, Gabe is taking calculus, physics, history and a host of other difficult classes. Way to go Gabriel! that will stop the envy.
Announcements
District Conference report. We won the award for the club that least likes to serve chicken, and perhaps unrelated, our President Carlton Nielsen will be assistant District Governor next year.
Greg Gardiner says thirty-nine Word War II Vets will travel from Eureka to Washington D.C. where they will tour the nation’s monuments including of course, the WW II Monument.
Recognitions
Greg Foster was recognized for taking a trip to Austin, Texas regarding airlines that he hoped would expand service to Eureka. Horizon Air pulled out of Eureka shortly after consultations on expanding their flights here. For $80 he agreed not to talk to United Airlines.
“J” Warren Hockaday was asked how things are with the Chamber of Commerce. “Very well,” he assured us, “Unless you are a tree” (in proximity to the Chamber). The tree was a victim of hit-and-run accident recently, but "J" suspects the landscape architect who wanted to remove it. “J” said there are a number of businesses pulling together to improve the community. The $90 “J” was fined, got shared with Greg Gardiner who paid $10 of the fine.
Kim Bauriedel introduced us to his work at The School for the Blind in Biysk, Siberia. This is a Rotary Foundation project in cooperation with Lions International. Marty Van Zandt, Chair of Eureka Lions Club (district 4-C-2) was introduced by Kim and informed our club that after hearing a presentation from Helen Keller over 85 years ago Lions Club has provided eye care for millions worldwide. Lions Club thus becomes a logical partner in the project to provide eye care for children in Biysk.
Biysk is one of two cities to be founded by imperial decree and is primarily a mining town with about 200,000 residents. Cases of blindness are higher than expected due to the mining chemicals in the area. Because of housing shortages, many blind children end up in homes and orphanages where they get better care and assistance. Rotary and Lions Club are collaborating to help blind kids learn to use computers, reducing the effects of their visual handicap and enabling many to get decent jobs. Kim Bauriedel and Carlton Nielsen both received plaques from Marty to note the inauguration of cooperation between our clubs. Long may the cooperation continue.
Respectfully Submitted,
Dan Price
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